03 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1887
Page
1
Advertising rates list pricing for business locals with cards of five lines or less at $500 yearly for standing ads. Changeable monthly per inch rates, first insertion ten cents per line, subsequent insertions five cents per line by contract. Weekly and monthly line counts offered with 500 lines at $25 and 1200 lines at $50.
Ames sits on the Chicago and North Western Railroad at the junction with the Des Moines and Minneapolis road thirty miles north of Des Moines. It is the seat of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with several hundred students and a well appointed public school. The surrounding farming lands are productive and yield abundantly.
A partial listing shows A Richmond Van Chamberlain E Haverly G H Maxwell H Westerman A Perkins among participants at the city meeting. Details on roles and motions remain unreadable in the fragment.
A poem excerpt by James B. Kenyon from the Century contrasts an aged woman’s faded beauty and frailty with lingering grace. It notes her shrinking charms and worn dress yet shows sympathy as she moves through gloomy streets helping others in need.
Grace Beeitien and Tom Mainwaring rescue a shipwrecked man during a storm at a lighthouse island. John Mainwaring, saved by Grace, falls in love. Grace hesitates due to class. After years of separation he returns to find her in England, and they reunite as equals who will marry. In New Orleans a contrasting portrait of Canal Street and old French Quarter life is drawn through Mr. Ely and Betty’s strolls with Madame de Parras.
Will Cableton recalls veteran life from the Civil War era, praising coffee and hard tack as vital sustenance. He narrates campaigns, anecdotes of Wheeler’s rear guard, and a Kentucky order banning suspects, detailing Breckinridge and others, with portraits of leaders like John B. Turchin and structural insights into army provisioning and morale.
Notice of the sudden death of Elihu B. Washburne born September 1816 in Livermore Maine. He served as United States minister to France during the Paris Commune and Franco Prussian War and earlier in Congress. He was closely allied with Lincoln and Grant and helped advance Ulysses S Grant’s career.
A collage of humor and social vignettes references Jay Gould's boyhood drinking, a baby’s diet, a cranky bachelor, a professor’s laughter theory, circus life, tipping, and a Dakota Territory race track remark. The piece reads as a compilation of terse quips and cartoonish dialogue sourced from various newspapers.
The Paris News reports on how international parliamentarians are paid. France Austria and England show Britain uniquely unpaid with no privileges. other nations list daily or monthly rates from Belgium Denmark Sweden Norway Switzerland Germany Spain Italy Greece and Portugal with varied per diem or session allowances.
A fragment from a 19th century note discusses the Dismal Swamp no longer sheltering runaway enslaved people but believed to hide about 100 white men seeking private life. It includes a moral aside about judging by actions rather than neighbors.
An old note from the WaterlooObserver remarks that wet goods do not alter fashion trends with changing seasons, implying steady demand or style resilience.
Governor L K Church reports Dakota Territory enjoyed continued population and wealth growth due to railroad expansion into farm and mineral areas. He notes 23.8 million acres of public land remain unoccupied, 32 million acres entered in six years, population about 508,477, property assessment 157,084,365, and bonded debt 1.198 billion. Wheat area 3,899,380 acres yielding 60 million bushels, livestock value 42,528,430, and education growth outpacing population. He prefers no specific stance on statehood division.
The upcoming House session will hear challenges to several races. Contestants include Frank against Glover in Missouri, Vandever against Bullivan in California, Orthington against Post in Illinois, and Lowrey against White in Fort S. Louis. other names appear in a fragmented list.
A piece in The American Magazine discusses choosing a path in divinity versus journalism and law. Linzie W. Champney notes smart men enter ministry for status and wealth, while others drift to politics or business, wringing out cleverness and ambition. A new process promises thousands of printable color shades.
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